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Passenger Transport (General) Regulation 2017
77BOther offences in relation to fares and tickets
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#### 77B Other offences in relation to fares and tickets
77B Other offences in relation to fares and tickets
> > (1) A person who is travelling on a train or ferry without having paid the correct fare for the travel concerned must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to pay the correct fare—
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> > > (a) on demand made by an authorised officer, or
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> > > (b) if no such demand has been made, as soon as facilities are available to pay the fare, whether on the train or ferry or at the station, stop or wharf at which the person’s travel on the train or ferry is completed.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (2) A person must not, knowingly and without reasonable excuse, travel on a train in a carriage or compartment of a class to which the person’s ticket does not apply.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (3) In this clause, train includes any other form of transport (such as a bus) provided by the rail transport operator in substitution for a train.
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> > (4) This clause does not apply in relation to travel on a route or railway line for which a smartcard may be used.